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Subject: "Can someone explain the origins of the terms "stan" and "backpacker"?"

Vector
Member since Jan 05th 2006
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Fri Mar-02-12 10:23 AM

"Can someone explain the origins of the terms "stan" and "backpacker"?"

Also, what do they mean exactly?

Can someone explain the origins of the terms "stan" and "backpacker"? [View all] , Vector, Fri Mar-02-12 10:23 AM

Subject	Author	Message Date	ID
-raises index finger in the air on dominant hand while inhaling deeply-	david bammer	Mar 02nd 2012	1
"stan" is a reference to the eminem song of the same title.	Joe Corn Mo	Mar 02nd 2012	2
Cheers, thanks	Vector	Mar 02nd 2012	4
yeah,	Fructose Soda	Mar 02nd 2012	5
had a diff connotation then though.	sweeneykovar	Mar 02nd 2012	14
^^this covers it I would add that backpackers	JAESCOTT777	Mar 02nd 2012	11
I've always thought "Stan" was hella unfair	JFrost1117	Mar 02nd 2012	16
RE: That's what it became though.	Austin	Mar 02nd 2012	17
http://tinyurl.com/6nxz3gx	Benedict the Moor	Mar 02nd 2012	3
This post makes me feel old.	Buck	Mar 02nd 2012	6
ditto	Selah	Mar 02nd 2012	8
yeah, I feel mad old at 25.	sweeneykovar	Mar 02nd 2012	13
Backpacker	Selah	Mar 02nd 2012	7
They don't mean the same thing	Abstract_TheEclectic_Nubian	Mar 02nd 2012	9
Stan - Em, Backpacker - the Source Mag.	Artful Dodger	Mar 02nd 2012	10
I always figured "backpacker" was the skate/graf crossover cro...	TheAlbionist	Mar 02nd 2012	12
Its safe to say that Stan was popularized by the internet...	ry 213	Mar 02nd 2012	15
s(a)tan...	philpot	Mar 02nd 2012	18

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